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Matthew 26:12

For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

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βαλοῦσαbalousahath pouredβάλλω (ballō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “hath poured”, a single actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.hath pouredγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.αὕτηhautēthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μύρονmuronointmentμύρονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “ointment”, the object formG3464anointing-oil, ointment.This verse uses “ointment”.ointmentτοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σώματόςsōmatosbodyσῶμα (sōma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “body”, the of-formG4983body, flesh; the body of the Church.This verse uses “body”.bodyμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).myπρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐνταφιάσαιentaphiasaito burialἐνταφιάζω (entaphiazō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to burial”, a single actionG1779I embalm, prepare for burial.burialμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἐποίησενepoiēsento doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for she having put this ointment on my body — for my burial she did [it].

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American Standard Version (1901)

For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

Young’s Literal Translation

for she having put this ointment on my body — for my burial she did [it].

World English Bible

For in pouring this ointment on my body , she did it to prepare me for burial .

Darby Translation

For in pouring out this ointment on my body, she has done it for my burying.

Douay-Rheims

For she in pouring this ointment upon my body, hath done it for my burial.

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